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*(i will be touching base with the photographer for actual photo's from this amazing wedding... for now ryan and i's iphone photo will do)

photo, instagram

our big van all packed up and ready to go! it was an amazing sunday afternoon for a wedding. the weather was warm for early may, but beautiful... the sun was shining and

love was in the air!

the ceremony was held on the grounds across the street from the smith barn... accented in purple, ashley's favorite color! we placed sheppards hook's down the aisle, every other chair. from the hooks hung mason jars tied up with lilac satin ribbon, all shades of purple wild flowers were in the jars.

for outside ceremony's it is rare to place an aisle runner on the grass. why you ask? most venue's will not allow the fabric pinned on their lawn and the risk of the soft ground, heel's from shoes will pierce the runner and you'll look like you have the BIGGEST piece of toilet paper stuck to your shoe ever... hehe. for ashley and david's nuptials we used ivory burlap, pinned on either side and romantically scattered purple rose petals.

me... adding romantically scattered rose petals

inside the barn round dinner tables were dressed with white cotton linens with neutral burlap table runners (runner made and supplied by les fleurs). alternating floral arrangements and orchid plants in tuscan pottery were designed for ashley and david's reception.

purple and white blooms such as orchids, roses, lilac and clematis were tucked amongst solemn seal, rosemary and hosta in the low style flower arrangements.

continuing with the organic feeling we all worked so hard to create, the AMAZING debi and cheryl with TableSensations added ashley and david's botanical illustration seed packets to designate each table. we added fresh, plum colored artichokes to each floral table scape. we were SOO happy when we came across the "artichoke" table!!

scalloped edge tuscan pottery was used to keep a "designer" farm feel to all the pieces.

we are soo looking forward to sharing more from ashley and david's beautiful day... we'll post them as soon as they come in!! to contact any of the vendors we worked with together on a&d's wedding... the see the links to each of their website's above.

hearts roses tied up with platinum ribbon made a statement against the bridesmaids winter white

the liberty hotel, for those of you who may not know was the old charles street jail. to read all about it's history, click here.

photo taken by kerianne steele, iphone

inside the ballroom... dinner and dancing

silver chivari chairs with silver bengaline cushion cooled down the room's decor. starlight blue thunder linen's (designed and rented through les fleurs) dressed the round and square tables in the ballroom. alternating high and low arrangements created depth in the room.

the bride's rich red pallet was used in creating the arrangements. cut crystal, lattice pedestal's were used on the low, round tables and tall silver hexagon pedestal's were the home to the amaryllis filled tall centerpieces.

what more can i say than...mud! mud, mud and more mud!! in my previous post about venturing to brimfield, ma in the morning for the brimfield fair rain or shine... well you can bet your britches it was RAIN... oh and did i mention mud ;o) despite the weather, it was still a great show... with some digging through vendors from all over the country and world... we came home with some new goodies for the home and garden!! come by les fleurs to see what's new for this rainy may!!

this is an instagram of me standing in the mud!!
see, alot of mud, just like i said

some booths at the fair look like a yard sale gone wrong where other's looks like this... little treasure chests under white vinyl tents...

the windows along the tent wall are all mirrors!
approx. 12' tall and 5' wide, they were spectacular!! now that would make a statement!

it just takes a little hunting to come home with just the perfect piece! it can be hit or miss at shows like this... with over 5,000 vendors it's hard to believe you could leave with nothing... all thought we've never left empty handed! over the years we've come across amazing finds! an antique french bike, original windows from princeton university, antique farmer's pig trough, handcrafted iron tree's and much, much more!

some other amazing antiques around the booths... i snapped a few photo's of some amazing (and outrageously $$$$) antiques that deserved some recognition although they couldn't travel to les fleurs with us.

this trip was a bit quieter for us... but we couldn't leave without these cast iron rabbit's and duck's... there waiting from a perfect home, come by the shop for one... there are only a few available!!

1907 was the first year the u.s. celebrated the "modern" holiday and to this day, 105 years later we celebrate our mom's on the "second sunday in may". which in 2012, just happens to be this sunday, may 13!!

mother's day was first celebrated in the u.s. as a memorial day anna jarvis dedicated to her mother. jarvis campaigned to have this day celebrated each year... the day's purity was short lived as jarvis was concerned, by 1920 mother's day had become a commercialized holiday (i hate to say it... it's what it's become today)

so i say this year... in 2012 let's remember our mothers, wives, sisters, loved role models for the women they help us become... because we truly would not be able to do it without them, not because we were told to this sunday.

happy mother's day to all you amazing women out there... you deserve more than 1 day a year all your own if you ask me!!

now for my commercial shpeel...

les fleurs is designing arrangements for the special ladies in our lives for mother's day

one of my MOST favorite weddings we created at the shop was last august, we blogged about it a few months ago and it was just featured on style me pretty!!!!!! we are so excited to be apart of such an amazing group of vendors that helped create this super special day and to be recognized on style me pretty!!! a very special thanks to the team at moxie event's for bringing this loving family to les fleurs!!

to see all about this spectacular ashburnham wedding (you MUST WATCH whit's video)